Lynx star Maya Moore will play for Russian powerhouse

Lynx star forward Maya Moore will play a partial season for UMMC Ekaterinburg, a Russian Premier League powerhouse.

Moore, 28, made the announcement Thursday on Twitter, saying she would join the team next month.

UMMC has won the past nine Russian League titles as well as three EuroLeague titles. Fellow WNBA star Diana Taurasi said she was leaving the team just days ago. Taurasi’s Phoenix teammate Brittney Griner, another WNBA star, remains on the UMMC roster.

Moore’s previous WNBA offseason international experience included playing in Spain from 2011-12 and China from 2012-16. She did not play abroad last offseason.

Mittelstadt leads U.S. to win

Gophers freshman forward Casey Mittelstadt scored the first goal on a power play and had an assist on the game-winner as the U.S. junior national hockey team beat Sweden 3-1 on Friday in Erie, Pa., in a tuneup game for the World Junior Championship next week.

• Gophers forward Sarah Potomak was one of three final cuts by the Canada women’s national team before the Winter Olympics next month in South Korea. She will be a junior for Minnesota next season.